IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 24TH DAY OF JULY 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE P. B. BAJANTHRI WRIT PETITION Nos.32494-32498 OF 2017 (S-PRO) BETWEEN:
1. T. Ramakrishnappa, S/o. Thimmaiah, Aged about 57 years, 2nd Floor, BMTC, TTMC ‘A’ Block, K.H. Road, Shanthinagara, Bengaluru -560 027.
2. D. Parameswarappa S/o. Doddaiah, Aged about 58 years, 2nd Floor, BMTC, TTMC, ‘A’ Block, K.H.Road, Shanthinagara, Bengaluru -560 027.
3. Vijayadev S/o. Sripathy, Aged about 51 years, 2nd Floor, BMTC, TTMC, ‘A’ Block, K.H.Road, Shanthinagara, Bengaluru -560 027.
4. Rangaswamy, S/o. Late Revaiah, Aged about 52 years, 2nd Floor, BMTC, TTMC, ‘A’ Block, K.H.Road, Shanthinagara, Bengaluru -560 027.
5. B. Shivaram S/o. Bhadraiah, Aged about 33 years, 2nd Floor, BMTC, TTMC, ‘A’ Block, K.H.Road, Shanthinagara, Bengaluru -560 027.
(By Sri. Vikram Balaji B.L., Advocate) AND:
1. State of Karnataka, Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi, Bengaluru -560 001.
2. State of Karnataka, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology, …Petitioners Bio Technology and Science & Technology, 6th Floor, 5th Block, M.S. Building, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi, Bengaluru -560 001.
3. Director, State of Karnataka, Department of Information Technology, Bio Technology and Science & Technology, 4th Floor, BMTC, TTMC ‘B’ Block, K.H. Road, Shanthinagara, Bengaluru -560 027.
4. Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd., (KEONICS), 2nd Floor, BMTC, TTMC, ‘A’ Block, K.H.Road, Shanthinagara, Bengaluru -560 027.
Represented by Managing Director …Respondents (By Sri. Sreedhar N. Hegde, HCGP for R1 to R3;
Sri. Nishanth A.B., and Sri. Girish Kumar B.M., Advocate for R4) These writ petitions are filed under Articles 226 & 227 of the Constitution of India praying to quash the Government Order dated 08.05.2017 Annexure –M as Arbitrary Illegal and voilative of Articles 14, 16, 21, 46 of Constitution of India and direct the respondents to follow the rule of reservation on the basis of the Government Order dated 24.06.1997 (Annexure –G) and the Government Order dated 03.02.1999 (Annexure –H) issued on the basis of the 77th Constitutional amendment of Articles 16[4][A] of the Constitution of India.
These writ petition coming on for Preliminary Hearing in ‘B’ Group this day, the court made the following:
ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioners has filed a memo seeking leave of the Court to withdraw the petition.
Memo is placed on record.
Accordingly, writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.
Sd/- JUDGE BVK